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Originally Posted by Alex_Ivanov
And whoose fault is that? I would like to turn it the other way round: Poland never had own course, never had strong and stable state, while their neighbours were far ahead in state- and policy-building. Result is - Poland was divided, conqured, divided again and conqured again and again, because strong eats weak and not vice versa.
P.S. Who really needs such a weak and at the same time hysteric ally? A lot of problems and nothing else.
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From my history sudies I remember that Rzeczpospolita was one of the largest and most populous countries in 17th century Europe. It was the first European state to have a noble’s democracy as a system of government – the tradition, which hasn’t merely historical value. Besides, its economy was very developped; it was Europe’s largest grain producer at that time. No wonder, that it had become really desirable booty for strong and stable states…
